Yesterday was just a glorious day here. Maybe “Indian Summer’ not sure. The temperature was about 65 degrees- lovely for November.
You know it’s going to be a good day when Pyrate offers to clean the kitchen. Ooooh boy! I’d like to thank the United States Navy for training him. He really cleans- the toaster is [...]
Well, Hiya! Back from my little visit in the Grand Duchy of Techno. My baby girl was blessed with a birthday that nearly always falls on a beautiful day. We had some of the most lovely warm October days ever. As an added bonus, it’s still Fall down here in Maryland too! She did [...]
I’ve said it before- many situations in life are best summed up by stories we learned before we were five. An acorn fell on Chicken Licken’s head, so she concluded that the sky was falling. She told her friends Henny Penny, Goosie Loosy, Turkey Lurkey and they decided to tell the King. Then they [...]
-Sunrise Catskills, 1826, Thomas Cole
Dawn is a feeling A beautiful ceiling
The smell of grass Just makes you pass
Into a dream
You’re here today No future fears
This day will last A thousand years
If you want it to …
-Moody Blues, 1967
I fall apart at night! I’ve reached an age where I don’t spring out of [...]
Da Pyrate took the day off to visit the annual Steam & Gas Engine Show at the Farm Museum. There was quite a crowd. With more than 3 inches of rain and gusty wind expected tomorrow, it was good he went today. Vera came along and made many new friends….
Time to harvest the grapes!
We’re not ready to start a vineyard yet, but we got twice as many as last year. I think the grapes cross pollinated. I bought two of those dried out vines in a bag the home stores sell, cheap enough to give it a shot. One was white, the other red. [...]
One of the nice pleasures around here are some little lakes up in the mountains. True, they aren’t mountains in the Himalayan sense, but hey, Appalachians count too! A number of them have swimming beaches. We always enjoyed taking the tiny Duchess swimming. I think she’s part mermaid- that child loved the water! Anyhow, [...]
Sunday is pancake day around here. All other days we have cereal or toast, but on Sunday, I like to make some sort of real breakfast. Today, Pyrate said I shouldn’t make pancakes because Vera couldn’t have any! Hello? Puppy dog- not supposed to eat pancakes anyhow! Well, as it transpired, Mike slept in. The [...]
Well, we had to run Vera to the vet this morning. As I mentioned, she started with the itching about 10 days ago, and she always has ear difficulties. We learned the drill from Hercules- limp them along the best you can, and a couple times a year count on a trip to the dog [...]
Dorie’s Greatest Hits-Love Songs from the Tiki Room! I think I look like an album cover! I wanted to show off my lovely new finery- a Betmar straw hat (and so far as ladies’ millinery, just the best!) and I picked up a gently worn Hilo Hattie shirt on Ebay for an excellent [...]
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